Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHAM
SHAM, v.t. [W. siomi, to balk or disappoint.]
- To deceive expectation; to trick; to cheat; to delude with false pretenses. They find themselves fooled and shammed into conviction. [Not elegant.] – L'Estrange.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition. – L'Estrange.
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